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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
LONDON 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
          Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
TIFFANY HELTON, 
 
          Defendant. 
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No. 6:26-CR-20-REW-HAI-2 
 
 
ORDER 
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 After conducting Rule 11 proceedings, see DE 52 (Minute Entry), United States Magistrate 
Judge Hanly A. Ingram recommended that the undersigned accept Defendant Tiffany Helton’s 
guilty plea and adjudge her guilty of Count Three of the Indictment (DE 1).  See DE 54 
(Recommendation); see also DE 51 (Plea Agreement).  Judge Ingram expressly informed Helton 
of her right to object to the recommendation and secure de novo review from the undersigned.  See 
DE 54 at 2-3.  The established three-day objection deadline has passed, and no party has objected. 
The Court is not required to “review . . . a magistrate [judge]’s factual or legal conclusions, 
under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”  Thomas v. 
Arn, 106 S. Ct. 466, 472 (1985); see also Berkshire v. Dahl , 928 F.3d 520, 530 (6th Cir. 2019) 
(noting that the Sixth Circuit has “long held that, when a defendant does ‘not raise an argument in 
his objections to the magistrate [judge]’s report and recommendation . . . he has forfeited his right 
to raise this issue on appeal.’” (quote brackets simplified) (quoting Kensu v. Haigh, 87 F.3d 172, 
176 (6th Cir. 1996))); United States v. Olano, 113 S. Ct. 1770, 1777 (1993) (distinguishing waiver 
and forfeiture); Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b)(2) –(3) (limiting de novo review duty to “any objection” 
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filed); 28 U.S.C.  § 636(b)(1) (limiting de novo review duty to “those portions” of the 
recommendation “to which objection is made”). 
The Court, with no objection from any party and on full review of the record, ORDERS 
as follows: 
1. The Court ADOPTS DE 54, ACCEPTS Helton’s guilty plea, and ADJUDGES Helton 
guilty of Count Three of the Indictment. 
2. The Court will issue a separate sentencing order.1 
This the 9th day of June, 2026.  
 
 
 
1 At the hearing, Judge Ingram remanded Helton to custody. See DE 52. This was her status pretrial. See 
DE 25. Absent an intervening order, Helton will remain in custody pending sentencing. 
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